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[umhuhwellthen]

Ya girlthing back at it again with researching things

This time it's ancient Japanese swordsmithing and legendary blades and their names, desperately looking for any rules to sword names

Im also looking up trees species and genus because Miyamoto Usagi's swords are "Willow Branch" and "Young Willow" so what if his descendants end up with swords with names related to his swords names?

Idk if I want my Rise!Usagi to have Willow Branch, he has to have Edgewing but his second blade is being tricky

Since his sensei is Rise!Karasutengu I'm thinking of the legendary Kogarasumaru "Little Crow", maybe changing it from a tachi to a katana, tanto or wakizashi.

I also have my Leoichi kid Shuichi's swords to worry about... I originally thought to have them relate to lightning/thunder because of xir's mystic powers but then I thought that might be too...weeaboo?? Like too American localization 4kids thing.

On one hand most characters in Yojimbo never have their swords named/give their swords name so it shouldn't really matter what these guy's swords are called

But I'm also the person that looked through Wolf species with miniscule differences, 60+ rabbit species, Edo period fashion, native birds of Japan and kanji, so much fucking kanji

I should really look at Japanese grammar/spelling rules, but also I should really draw the line somewhere

Oh God the symbolism research

I reawakened the part of myself that grew up on discovery, animal planet and any other channel that was "educational" and centered mainly around animals as well as books on myths and folklore

This is so fun but SO stressful when I can't find the thing I wantttttt damelodamelo

Doesn't help that some of these articles are written...weirdly that I suspect AI and just have to suffer that shit

In summation:

How Do I Name These Fucking Swords!?

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[whereisthesun]

I HATE MORAL OCD. well i shouldnt say hate thats a strong word. and i dont want to sound like i hate people WITH moral ocd because i dont of course. i just hate having it. but i shouldnt think that, i do like having morals, its just stressful to be thinking about them so constantly and scrutinizing every little thing i do or think. but really thats the least i could do so i should at least try, right? just because i suffer from— no, struggle with moral ocd doesn’t mean i should just stop thinking about things all together, thats not what im saying and i should make that clear, but i

[beebfreeb]

[kottkrig]

People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u

[abisalli]

Jason but he wears this helmet 😼

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[littlemizzlinguistics]

Studying linguistics is actually so wonderful because when you explain youth slang to older professors, instead of complaining about how "your generation can't speak right/ you're butchering the language" they light up and go “really? That’s so wonderful! What an innovative construction! Isn't language wonderful?"

[manichewitz]

i think about this post like. at least once a day

[vi-stri]

PLEASE talk about Congo, Haiti, and Sudan, with the same fervor you give Palestine. PLEASE care about black struggle and suffering.

[stars-obsession-pit]

“Mom, why do you think ghosts are intrinsically evil?”

“It’s what the science says, of course!”

“No, I mean like, what were the studies? What did they actually observe”

“Ohh, I get what you mean, Danny! Well across all reputable reports of encounters with the ghosts strong enough to matter, they’ve always attacked first and never responded to attempts at communication! There’s no reason for them to do that if they’re not evil!”

“Huh…”

…

Danny, learning about Ghost Speak and how humans can’t understand it: hmm.

Danny, learning that ghosts greet each other and bond by fighting: hmmm.

[catasphy]

Eyes

[vmkhoneyy]

“People are inherently terrible” no!!! Have you ever seen a child wait for their friend while they tie their shoelaces? Have you ever known someone who would bring hurt squirrels and rabbits and mice to the nearest vet just so it doesn’t suffer? Have you seen someone grieve? Have you ever read something that hit your heart like a freight train? Have you looked at the stars and felt an unexplainable joy? Have you ever baked bread? Have you shared a meal with a friend? Have you not seen it? All the love? All the good? I know it’s hard to see sometimes, I know there’s pain everywhere. But look, there’s a child helping another up after a hard fall. Look, there’s someone giving their umbrella to a stranger. Look, there’s someone admiring the spring flowers. Look, there’s good, there’s good, there’s good. Look!!!!

[oof-i-did-it-agaaiiin]

Beautiful from Ordinary Days

[bastardiando]

posting across the targetverse here bc it did numbers on twitter

[anna-scribbles]

inspired by recent events from my sister’s actual real life